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The Sirens of Titan
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Covington, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
Delacorte Press, New York, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A Seymour Lawrence Book. Very Good Book/Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. First Delacorte Printing as stated. Orange full cloth binding with gilt stamped facsimile signature on front, black and gilt stamped title on spine, and black endpapers. Covers are clean and gilt is bright. Top edge of front and corners bumped. Dust jacket shows rubbing, scratches, creases, and small indentations. Indentations from grooves to front and rear panels. Rubbing and scuffing to spine edges. Sunning and dampstaining to spine. Chipping to spine ends and corners. Corners bumped. Verso of dust jacket shows foxing. Dust jacket is not price clipped with $6.00 price on the front flap. Top edge of textblock shows dampstaining. Mark to fore edge. Endpapers bright and clean. Hinges strong. Binding tight and square. Pages show light age tanning but otherwise clean and unmarked. 319 pages. 5-3/4 X 8-1/2.
Synopsis
The Sirens of Titan is a Hugo Award-nominated novel by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. , first published in 1959. His second novel, it involves issues of free will, omniscience, and the overall purpose of human history.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roebling Point Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- VOKU-01-C-0424
- Title
- The Sirens of Titan
- Author
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press, New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Roebling Point Books
Biblio member since 2022
Covington, Kentucky
About Roebling Point Books
Roebling Rare is the online/antiquarian books division of Roebling Point Books, with bricks-and-mortar locations in Covington and Newport KY.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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